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New device enables early detection of cancerous skin tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing a new device that detects cancerous skin tumors, including melanomas that aren't visible to the naked eye.


Heparin can cause skin lesions

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heparin, a commonly used anticoagulant, can cause skin lesions, reports a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Skin lesions caused by heparin may indicate the presence of a life-threatening decrease in t ...


Skin-disease patients show brain immunity to faces of disgust

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- People with psoriasis - an often distressing dermatological condition that causes lesions and red scaly patches on the skin - are less likely to react to looks of disgust by others than people without the ...


Scientists learn why even treated genital herpes sores boost the risk of HIV infection

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New research helps explain why infection with herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which causes genital herpes, increases the risk for HIV infection even after successful treatment heals the genital skin sores and breaks that ...


Study provides greater understanding of lyme disease-causing bacteria

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lyme disease in the U.S. is caused by the tick-borne bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and usually begins with a skin lesion, after which the bacteria spread throughout the body to the nervous system, heart or joints. About ...


New strategy developed to diagnose melanoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A UCSF research team has developed a technique to distinguish benign moles from malignant melanomas by measuring differences in levels of genetic markers. Standard microscopic examinations of biopsied tissue can be ambiguous ...